Brad S <brad@akwwc.com> wrote:
> So it is not possible to "force" samba into interperating the delete
> command by workstations

Samba doesn't "interpretate" commands, it only allows a client to see
a directory as a locally-mounted-disk. Every operation performed by
the client is performed directly on the filesystem.

> scripts/methods for backing up directories on the linux machine on a

....hu....say again? Can't you use tar/cron to schedule a backup?

> to read only after it hasn't been modified for x amount of days?

use find ... -exec chmod to locate and change the status of files.

Davide